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There are 8 total results for your 言教 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

言教

see styles
yán jiào
    yan2 jiao4
yen chiao
 gonkyō
to give verbal instruction
The teaching of Buddha as embodied in words.

厭離言教


厌离言教

see styles
yàn lí yán jiào
    yan4 li2 yan2 jiao4
yen li yen chiao
 enri gonkyō
discourses concerning renunciation

聖正言教


圣正言教

see styles
shèng zhèng yán jiào
    sheng4 zheng4 yan2 jiao4
sheng cheng yen chiao
 shōshō gonkyō
discourses concerning the noble ones

隨欲言教


随欲言教

see styles
suí yù yán jiào
    sui2 yu4 yan2 jiao4
sui yü yen chiao
 zuiyoku gonkyō
discourse as desired

言教不如身教

see styles
yán jiào bù rú shēn jiào
    yan2 jiao4 bu4 ru2 shen1 jiao4
yen chiao pu ju shen chiao
Explaining in words is not as good as teaching by example (idiom). Action speaks louder than words.

能生樂欲言教


能生乐欲言教

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néng shēng yào yù yán jiào
    neng2 sheng1 yao4 yu4 yan2 jiao4
neng sheng yao yü yen chiao
 nōshō gyōyoku gonkyō
discourses that generate purposeful longing

身教勝於言教


身教胜于言教

see styles
shēn jiào shèng yú yán jiào
    shen1 jiao4 sheng4 yu2 yan2 jiao4
shen chiao sheng yü yen chiao

More info & calligraphy:

Example is Better than Precept
teaching by example beats explaining in words (idiom); action speaks louder than words

離蓋趣愛言教


离盖趣爱言教

see styles
lí gài qù ài yán jiào
    li2 gai4 qu4 ai4 yan2 jiao4
li kai ch`ü ai yen chiao
    li kai chü ai yen chiao
 rikai shuai gonkyō
discourses that free one from obscurations and transcend attachment

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 8 results for "言教" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

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